California State Senate
Senator Steve Padilla
| Seat | Senate District 18 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 7630 · 1021 O Street |
| Mailing address | 1021 O St. Suite 7630, Sacramento, CA 95814 |
| Capitol phone | 916-651-4018 |
| Write to | senator.padilla@senate.ca.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since December 5, 2022 |
Committees 13
- Senate California-Mexico Cooperation and Dialogue Select Committee Chair select
- Senate Insurance Committee Chair standing
- Joint Fairs, Allocation and Classification Committee joint
- Senate Agriculture Committee standing
- Senate Economic Development and Technological Innovation Select Committee select
- Senate Governmental Organization Committee standing
- Senate Health Committee standing
- Senate Housing Committee standing
- Senate Minority Economic Development Select Committee select
- Senate Older LGBTQ+ Californians Select Committee select
- Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection Committee standing
- Senate Social Determinants of Health Select Committee select
- Senate Wine Industry Select Committee select
Bills, 2025–2026 session 44 as principal author · 91 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 876Fire and residential property insurance.Enacted100
- SB 594Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2026.Enacted100
- SB 886California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act.Enacted100
- SB 887California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal…Enacted100
- SB 534Dependent children: information related to family.Enacted100
- SB 58Air quality: standard: hydrogen sulfide.Enacted100
- SB 1119Companion chatbots: children's safety.Enacted100
- SB 867Toys: companion chatbots.Enacted100
- SJR 13Transboundary flow pollution: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.Enacted100
- SCR 148Relative to GM1 Gangliosidosis Awareness Day.Adopted100
- SR 111Relative to International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia.Adopted100
- SB 243Companion chatbots.Enacted100
- SB 461State real property: City of Imperial.Enacted100
- SB 57Electrical corporations: data centers: report.Enacted100
- SB 638California Education Interagency Council: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.Enacted100
All 44 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of AB 1084, AB 1098, AB 1264, AB 2156, AB 2180, AB 309, AB 35, ACA 8, ACR 149, HR 127, HR 57, SB 1046 and 79 more.
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 2025–26 session
66th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 37 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 37 / 30 / 25 |
| … became law | 16 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 227 ÷ 193.97 = 1.17 |
| Most-authored topics | Business, jobs & the economy (9), Health & mental health (5), Environment, water & wildlife (5) |
Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26
Most bills written together
- Sasha Pérez DSenate 25 23
- Mark González DAssembly 54 22
- Chris Ward DAssembly 78 20
- José Solache DAssembly 62 18
- Liz Ortega DAssembly 20 18
- Scott Wiener DSenate 11 18
- Alex Lee DAssembly 24 17
- Jesse Arreguín DSenate 7 17
- Akilah Weber Pierson DSenate 39 16
- Sabrina Cervantes DSenate 31 16
“Written together” = 2025–2026 session bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 18
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- Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego
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- Tom Lackey (34), Jeff Gonzalez (36), Juan Carrillo (39), John Harabedian (41), James Ramos (45), Greg Wallis (47), Robert Garcia (50), Michelle Rodriguez (53), Leticia Castillo (58), Phillip Chen (59), Corey Jackson (60), Natasha Johnson (63), Kate Sanchez (71), Laurie Davies (74), Carl DeMaio (75), Darsh Patel (76), Tasha Boerner (77), Chris Ward (78), LaShae Sharp-Collins (79), David Alvarez (80)
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